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Emmitt OK with Pacman as long as bullets don't fly
4:03 PM Sat, May 03, 2008 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
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Don't expect to hear Emmitt Smith rip the Cowboys for adding Pacman Jones to the Valley Ranch Circus. Emmitt likes the trade with the Titans.
"If he's not getting arrested, I'm OK," Emmitt said. "That's just me. if he's not getting arrested, I'm OK as long. As you're not getting arrested, you're OK. As long as you're not killing nobody or getting anybody shot at and going to jail, I have no issues with that. Your personal life is your personal life."
Spoken like a man who won three Super Bowl titles with some teammates who had ... um ... interesting personal lives.
Three stars from rookie minicamp
4:20 PM Sat, May 03, 2008 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
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We'll borrow a page out of the hockey playbook, since folks have Stars fever around these parts, and go with three stars. As Wade Phillips wisely noted, you can't tell too much from watching a bunch of guys run around in helmets and shorts, but here are a few that looked good during rookie minicamp.
Felix Jones: Jones didn't play in a sophisticated passing attack at Arkansas, but he impressed Cowboys coaches with his route-running ability and hands all weekend. Heck, Wade Phillips is comparing the kid to Thurman Thomas. Jones made a spectacular, leaping grab on the sideline after running a wheel route during this afternoon's practice. It'll be tough to beat the Curse of 22, but Jones got off to a good start.
Orlando Scandrick: The fifth-round cornerback from Boise State had a better minicamp than first-round pick He has 4.36 40 speed, but his ability to break on the ball is just as impressive. It's not hard to see why a lot of folks considered Scandrick the steal of the fifth round.
Danny Amendola: We could go with second-round TE Martellus Bennett or fourth-round RB Tashard Choice, who both had solid minicamps. But I'm thinking folks want to read about an undrafted dude with a chance to make the cut. Amendola, a proud Wes Welker wannabe from Texas Tech, has the best shot. Just ask Jenkins, who got beat a bunch by Amendola during the four practices. "He's real quick -- a great receiver," Jenkins said. "He's got great speed breaks and is real decisive. He's tough to cover."
Wade sees Thurman Thomas in Felix Jones
4:35 PM Sat, May 03, 2008 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
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Wade Phillips thinks a lot of Felix Jones. Seriously.
Today, a reporter asked the coach whether Tashard Choice's running style compares at all to Marion Barber's. Phillips said it was tough to put a rookie up against a Pro Bowler.
And then he compared his first-round pick, Felix himself, to a Hall of Famer.
"When I saw him on tape, he runs a lot like Thurman Thomas did," Phillips said. "His feet are close to the ground so he can cut quickly. And he sees people. He has great vision in my opinion, we'll see how it all works out. He sees the safety over here if he's coming. When he running with the ball over here, he sees people over there.
"I think he's special in that area. He can do all the other things, he can make people miss, he can accelerate, all the things that really good backs do. But his vision is special."
Phillips explained that both backs don't pick their feet up far off the ground, allowing them to change directions quicker. He did allow that comparing Jones to Thomas as receiver right now was probably a little out there, since Thomas just so happens to be one of the greatest pass-catching running backs of all-time.
Also on hand for today's festivities was former Oklahoma and Cowboys coach Barry Switzer. He, too, was smitten with Felix and lamented the Sooners allowing him to leave the state.
Jones was a senior in high school during Adrian Peterson's freshman year at OU, which made heading to school there seem like a pretty bad idea. So he wound being in the same recruiting class as Darren McFadden instead.
Switzer referred to Jones as a "Shorty Daddy" and a "Pop Warner back" -- kinds which the ol' coach apparently has an affection for -- confusing some reporters with his brand of super-jargon.
"I've always like the Pop Warner guys, Greg Pruitt, those guys that stop, start and go sideways on you, slash, go north-and-south, hard guys to get ahold of, I've always liked that," Switzer said. "Phyiscal stature, he's like a lot of our guys. I never liked the big back. I'm an East-West offense, stop and start, those guys took too long to accelerate and get started agaiin. I liked Short Daddies, low balance, Barry Sanders. Barry Sanders was alright, wasn't he?"
Whatever you say, coach.
4:03 PM Sat, May 03, 2008 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
Tim MacMahon E-mail News tips
Don't expect to hear Emmitt Smith rip the Cowboys for adding Pacman Jones to the Valley Ranch Circus. Emmitt likes the trade with the Titans.
"If he's not getting arrested, I'm OK," Emmitt said. "That's just me. if he's not getting arrested, I'm OK as long. As you're not getting arrested, you're OK. As long as you're not killing nobody or getting anybody shot at and going to jail, I have no issues with that. Your personal life is your personal life."
Spoken like a man who won three Super Bowl titles with some teammates who had ... um ... interesting personal lives.
Three stars from rookie minicamp
4:20 PM Sat, May 03, 2008 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
Tim MacMahon E-mail News tips
We'll borrow a page out of the hockey playbook, since folks have Stars fever around these parts, and go with three stars. As Wade Phillips wisely noted, you can't tell too much from watching a bunch of guys run around in helmets and shorts, but here are a few that looked good during rookie minicamp.
Felix Jones: Jones didn't play in a sophisticated passing attack at Arkansas, but he impressed Cowboys coaches with his route-running ability and hands all weekend. Heck, Wade Phillips is comparing the kid to Thurman Thomas. Jones made a spectacular, leaping grab on the sideline after running a wheel route during this afternoon's practice. It'll be tough to beat the Curse of 22, but Jones got off to a good start.
Orlando Scandrick: The fifth-round cornerback from Boise State had a better minicamp than first-round pick He has 4.36 40 speed, but his ability to break on the ball is just as impressive. It's not hard to see why a lot of folks considered Scandrick the steal of the fifth round.
Danny Amendola: We could go with second-round TE Martellus Bennett or fourth-round RB Tashard Choice, who both had solid minicamps. But I'm thinking folks want to read about an undrafted dude with a chance to make the cut. Amendola, a proud Wes Welker wannabe from Texas Tech, has the best shot. Just ask Jenkins, who got beat a bunch by Amendola during the four practices. "He's real quick -- a great receiver," Jenkins said. "He's got great speed breaks and is real decisive. He's tough to cover."
Wade sees Thurman Thomas in Felix Jones
4:35 PM Sat, May 03, 2008 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
Albert Breer E-mail News tips
Wade Phillips thinks a lot of Felix Jones. Seriously.
Today, a reporter asked the coach whether Tashard Choice's running style compares at all to Marion Barber's. Phillips said it was tough to put a rookie up against a Pro Bowler.
And then he compared his first-round pick, Felix himself, to a Hall of Famer.
"When I saw him on tape, he runs a lot like Thurman Thomas did," Phillips said. "His feet are close to the ground so he can cut quickly. And he sees people. He has great vision in my opinion, we'll see how it all works out. He sees the safety over here if he's coming. When he running with the ball over here, he sees people over there.
"I think he's special in that area. He can do all the other things, he can make people miss, he can accelerate, all the things that really good backs do. But his vision is special."
Phillips explained that both backs don't pick their feet up far off the ground, allowing them to change directions quicker. He did allow that comparing Jones to Thomas as receiver right now was probably a little out there, since Thomas just so happens to be one of the greatest pass-catching running backs of all-time.
Also on hand for today's festivities was former Oklahoma and Cowboys coach Barry Switzer. He, too, was smitten with Felix and lamented the Sooners allowing him to leave the state.
Jones was a senior in high school during Adrian Peterson's freshman year at OU, which made heading to school there seem like a pretty bad idea. So he wound being in the same recruiting class as Darren McFadden instead.
Switzer referred to Jones as a "Shorty Daddy" and a "Pop Warner back" -- kinds which the ol' coach apparently has an affection for -- confusing some reporters with his brand of super-jargon.
"I've always like the Pop Warner guys, Greg Pruitt, those guys that stop, start and go sideways on you, slash, go north-and-south, hard guys to get ahold of, I've always liked that," Switzer said. "Phyiscal stature, he's like a lot of our guys. I never liked the big back. I'm an East-West offense, stop and start, those guys took too long to accelerate and get started agaiin. I liked Short Daddies, low balance, Barry Sanders. Barry Sanders was alright, wasn't he?"
Whatever you say, coach.
